History

Databases

Bibliography of Native North America A bibliographic database covering all aspects of native North American culture, history, and life. This resource covers a wide range of topics including archaeology, multicultural relations, gaming, governance, legend, and literacy. BNNA contains more than 137,000 citations for books, essays, journal articles, and government documents of the United States and Canada. Dates of coverage for included content range from the sixteenth century to the present. Texshare Password Required

Handbook of Texas The Handbook of Texas, provided by the Texas State Historical Association is a multidisciplinary encyclopedia of Texas history, geography, and culture. It comprises more than 23,000 articles on people, places, events, historical themes, institutions, and a host of other topic categories. The scope is broad and inclusive, designed to provide readers with concise, authoritative, and accessible articles that provide factual, nonpartisan accounts on virtually every aspect of Texas history and culture. Texshare Password Required

World History Collection Offers a global look at history with content from Africa, Asia, North and South America, Europe and the Middle East. World History Collection contains cover-to-cover full text for 150 titles, including many peer-reviewed journals. Full text dates as far back as 1964. These hand-selected information sources cover a wide range of historical topics including anthropology, art, culture, economics, government, heritage, military, politics, regional issues, and more. Texshare Password Required

WorldBook is a great resource for all types of students. In the Social Studies Power, you can search states and countries for interesting facts, find out about famous people, and even Ask a Historian! Library Barcode is required

Useful Links

American Memory a digital library of historical documents, photos, sound files and film footage from the National Digital Library

American Presidency Project search over 85,000 documents such as speeches, official papers, executive orders, news conferences and press briefings, including audio & video, on every US president from 1789 to today